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The Glob­al Goals were launched in Sep­tem­ber last year. These suc­ces­sors of the Mil­len­ni­um Devel­op­ment Goals try to give a com­plete pic­ture of how we can improve our world. The goals are based on exten­sive con­sul­ta­tion of stake­hold­ers. The most impor­tant out­come is the real­iza­tion that pover­ty reduc­tion and a sus­tain­able soci­ety are two sides …

Mont­gomery, a south­ern city in the USA, in 1955. African Amer­i­cans, who make up the major­i­ty of the pop­u­la­tion, are being treat­ed as sec­ond class cit­i­zens. Because of the so-called Jim Crow laws they have to use sep­a­rate restrooms, restau­rants and schools. In the city bus­es, ‘col­ored’ peo­ple can only use the rear seats. In …

This year is going to be very excit­ing. The Unit­ed Nations (mean­ing all of us) will go around the table to deter­mine devel­op­ment goals. Do you remem­ber the Mil­len­ni­um Devel­op­ment Goals? The logos will prob­a­bly ring a bell. For years, this has been the frame­work of devel­op­ment work. But a goal always comes with a …